I never saw my shrimp go after it either.
I use Tetra brand algae wafers, and they work just fine for me. If they don’t eat it, you can try to blanch some cucumbers or zucchini’s. When I first got my snails, they wouldn’t eat anything except vegetables. After a while, I weened them off of veggies, and onto wafers. If they don’t eat either, they’ll eventually either 1(. Die of starvation or 2(Wow they really like it, what brand of algae wafer did you use? I bought some and my mystery snails ignored it and went after my plants
) Good luck!
Tetra brand is what I have using too.I use Tetra brand algae wafers, and they work just fine for me. If they don’t eat it, you can try to blanch some cucumbers or zucchini’s. When I first got my snails, they wouldn’t eat anything except vegetables. After a while, I weened them off of veggies, and onto wafers. If they don’t eat either, they’ll eventually either 1(. Die of starvation or 2(
. Learn to eat what you provide. (Don’t take #1 seriously, just a joke.
As to the OP, mine do that all the time. Same thing with my Blue Rams Horn Snails. My pleco has sort of a hang out spot and I chuck one down there for him to nibble on and a few minutes later, over 60 snails are on that one wafer. It just takes time and experience to learn how quickly the snails will get there, and what time of day to him your pleco.
I watched them go right over both algae and cory wafers and keep going like they were not even there. My corys would eat just a little and leave most of the wafer to rot. I just tried Wardley shrimp pellets for bottom feeders and my corys loved it not sure on the snail. I separated the 2 snails after all the damage they were doing to my plants. One is in a new tank with nothing else but some floating plants maybe I will put both in there and only feed them the wafers. I had given them some carrot peelings and they loved it. I guess no more veggies for them. So you have a snail tank.
Wow they really like it, what brand of algae wafer did you use? I bought some and my mystery snails ignored it and went after my plants
I use Tetra brand algae wafers, and they work just fine for me. If they don’t eat it, you can try to blanch some cucumbers or zucchini’s. When I first got my snails, they wouldn’t eat anything except vegetables. After a while, I weened them off of veggies, and onto wafers. If they don’t eat either, they’ll eventually either 1(. Die of starvation or 2(
. Learn to eat what you provide. (Don’t take #1 seriously, just a joke.
As to the OP, mine do that all the time. Same thing with my Blue Rams Horn Snails. My pleco has sort of a hang out spot and I chuck one down there for him to nibble on and a few minutes later, over 60 snails are on that one wafer. It just takes time and experience to learn how quickly the snails will get there, and what time of day to him your pleco.
I dropped in a couple of the algae wafers by the snail in isolation and he has started eating them. Nothing like solitary confinement to bring out the old appetite
Their sure are all over that.
